UFO Sightings in Louisiana
1,047 UFO sightings reported in Louisiana since 1943, peaking in 2014 (111 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,047
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2014 (111 reports)
Top cities in Louisiana
New Orleans
1953–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Baton Rouge
1975–2021 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Shreveport
1996–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Lake Charles
1977–2019 · peak 2016 (6 reports)
Lafayette
1986–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Slidell
1967–2021 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Metairie
1965–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Kenner
1981–2020 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Mandeville
2003–2021 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Alexandria
1976–2016 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Denham Springs
1980–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Monroe
1967–2019 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Thibodaux
1958–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Bossier City
1998–2014 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Houma
1988–2017 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Covington
2004–2020 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Natchitoches
1974–2021 · peak 2021 (3 reports)
Gonzales
1990–2017 · peak 1990 (1 reports)
Westlake
2000–2014 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
West Monroe
1945–2020 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Westlake · LA, USA
Moving ball of Light
Pineville · LA, USA
Series of white lights in the southwestern sky.
Alexandria · LA, USA
White and Orange lights over Alexandria, LA
Lacassine · LA, USA
Orb or spear above the an area where airplane had left chemtrails
Alexandria · LA, USA
Recurrent orange and white lights over Alexandria, LA
Sulphur · LA, USA
I thought satilites move in one direction only. When the lights stopped looked like a star.
Minden · LA, USA
lights seen in eastern sky in Minden, La., at conference centre at Caney Lake!!!!!
Blanchard · LA, USA
Three lights in a triangular formation
Thibodaux · LA, USA
Light that moved quickly across the sky and then vanished out of sight
Venice · LA, USA
Five yelowish lights apeared in the sky, four where aligned in a row then the fifth seemed to fly up into the four then they dimmed out
Lacassine · LA, USA
big bright light flashing at tree level about 1 mile in front of me
Lake Charles · LA, USA
single white light high above Louisiana swamps
Bossier City · LA, USA
triangular craft seen over city
New Orleans · LA, USA
Four objects over MSY Airport New Orleans, LA. ((NUFORC Note: Object may be clouds or birds, we believe. PD))
Lake Charles · LA, USA
My family and I saw a UFO last night at our house.
Boutte · LA, USA
A slow moving object with rotating lights in the early morning sky, 10 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Start · LA, USA
We seen 3 ships in a triangle pattern that hovered over us very close to the ground.
Spearsville · LA, USA
3 slowly moving objects in a triangle form.
Hammond · LA, USA
During a baseball practice, trainer had "out of body experience". Entire team witnessed small craft hovering over center field. 50
New Orleans · LA, USA
Photographing a party on the rooftop of a hotel in New Orleans and captured these objects in seven of my photos.
Egan · LA, USA
Diamond Light Near Egan, LA.
Denham Springs · LA, USA
Bright light hovering in the sky
Morgan City · LA, USA
Louisiana -Thibedeaux-Morgan City, Big, moving light. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Gonzales · LA, USA
Three seperate groups of bright red objects moving in a westerly direction
Kinder · LA, USA
Sighting in rural Louisiana, teardroped object rising and falling about 100 yards in the sky.